The Sunnyside Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Selma Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Sunnyside has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,051 points over their last 16 matchups.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Sunnyside walked away with it. They walked away with a 55-43 victory over the Vikings on Tuesday. Given Sunnyside's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 224th, while Kingsburg is ranked 549th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sunnyside can attribute much of their success to Cj Jones, who scored 20 points. Jones has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Sok, who scored 11 points.
Meanwhile, Selma had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They came out on top against El Diamante by a score of 81-70. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Sunnyside has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-5 record this season. As for Selma, they pushed their record up to 19-10 with that victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season.
Sunnyside beat Selma 78-66 when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Will Sunnyside repeat their success, or does Selma have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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